Politics
Local California Political Duel Shows Limits of Ethics Reform
Political fight includes controversy over robocall in favor of ethics commission
A New Place to Think About "Free Cities"
Can special economic zones and private cities morph to arenas for widespread, unprecedented market and regulatory liberty?
Johnson Rising! Libertarian Party Candidate Hits 12 Percent in New Fox Poll [UPDATED]
Other poll this week indicates he pulls more from Clinton than Trump. Fox poll shows him pulling 23 percent from independents, 18 percent from under-35s.
Deepak Chopra Blames Donald Trump For Making the Guru Call the Billionaire "Retarded"
Whether he's right about the GOP presidential nominee, Chopra has a lot of explaining to do about why his brand of medicine gets taxpayer support.
Don't Let Hillary Clinton Off the Hook for Her Foreign Policy Mistakes Because of Donald Trump
Her finger on the trigger isn't safer.
New Episide of The Fifth Column Features Anthony L. Fisher on Muhammad Ali's Anti-War Legacy, and So Much More
Also, Michael Moynihan and Matt Welch talk about what it's like to be among the clapping seals in the audience of Real Time with Bill Maher.
Illinois Denies First Amendment Rights to Medical Marijuana Businesses
Law forbidding businesses involved in medical marijuana distribution from giving to candidates in Illinois, or candidates accepting such money, challenged in federal court.
Sign of Progress: Millennial Women Don't Care That Hillary Clinton Is a Woman.
It's a BFD that nobody really cares that Hillary might become the first female president.
Californians Will Get Their Choice Between Coke, Diet Coke for the Senate
Top-two primary system guarantees a Democratic replacement for Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Roseanne Barr, Socialist for Trump
Why a leftist sitcom star prefers Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton
Trump Presidency Could Cost United States the World Cup, U.S. Soccer Prez Says
Hysterics hitting eleven.
The Libertarian Party Was the First Modern Crew To Nominate a Woman To Ticket
Tonie Nathan ran for vice-president in 1972 and, along with presidential nominee John Hospers, won an electoral vote.
It's Pretty Clear Clinton Does Not Think Americans Have a Constitutional Right to Guns
The Democrats' choice for president refuses to say what the Second Amendment protects.
Trump's Thin Skin vs. Clinton's Thick Head
On war and peace, he's dangerously unpredictable, while she's predictably dangerous.
Hillary Clinton Declares Victory, Claims Democratic Party's Nomination
Clinton won New Jersey tonight, and as polls closed in California Clinton was on verge of becoming first woman to lead a major party's presidential ticket.
Gary Johnson: America Gets to Know the Libertarian Candidate's Policy, and Family
Kill NSA and IRS; maybe NAFTA was a bad idea? And driven by asking whether any government action will really "make things better."
More Seeking Out Info on Libertarian Party, Gary Johnson Than in 2012
But the numbers pale against the searches for Trump and Clinton.
"This Libertarian Is Too Freakey-Deakey To Be President": Gary Johnson on Full Frontal
Former Daily Show reporter Samantha Bee sits down - and goes rock climbing - with the LP nominee for president.
Is This Where Libertarians Say Goodbye to Conservatives?
To right-wingers, Gary Johnson's embrace of "social liberalism" negates his pledge to "sign off on any reduction in the federal government."
Bernie Sanders Wants Democratic Socialism to Remain Relevant, So He Won't Quit
There won't be a "Bernie Sanders 2020" campaign and he has no political heirs, so he's staying in until the convention.
Hillary Clinton Makes History. Does Anyone Care?
This is a "historic, unprecedented moment," said Clinton. The response has mostly been a collective 'meh.'
Paul Ryan Calls Trump's Judge Remark Racist, Continues to Endorse Trump Anyway
House Speaker calls Trump's remarks about a Trump U judge "indefensible," but says he still has common ground with the presumptive GOP nominee.
Pro-Drug War Texas Congressman Tells Donald Trump to Shove the Border Wall 'Up His Ass'
Says he agrees with Trump on fighting drug cartels and deporting felons
Sanders Supporters May Lose the Presidency Today, but Win the Party
Even as Clinton reaches the delegate threshold, the Dems attempt to cater.
"Let people do what they want with their own bodies and property": Q&A with Todd Seavey
'Libertarianism for Beginners' was born in seeing the Soviet Union collapse.
Gary Johnson on Foreign Policy & War: We Need to Involve Congress in Decisions
The Libertarian nominee pitches himself to a mainstream audience
Ralph Nader on Trigger Warnings: 'Young Men Now Are Far Too Sensitive Because They've Never Been in a Draft'
"Do you know, Lydia, there are no ethnic-joke books in bookstores anymore?"
Bernie's Last Stand, Trump's Continuing Collectivism, and Johnson's New Hope
All that, plus a Krist Novoseli? GarJo endorsement on tonight's Kennedy, 8 p.m. ET
BuzzFeed Banning Ads from Trump. For Similar Reasons, They Should Ban Ads from Clinton, Too.
Both candidates have terrible records on free speech.
Hey Commenters! Rename the GOP and the DNC with Us!
Use the YouTube comments section or use #RenameGOP or #RenameDNC on Twitter.
Donald Trump on Libya: A 'Surgical' War Would've Been OK
It was Hillary Clinton's worst decision as secretary of state, yet Trump can't make a coherent case against it.
On Foreign Policy, Clinton Is Bad and Trump Is Worse
Trump's utter recklessness of thought should be disqualifying.
Gary Johnson on Meet The Press: "All This Talk About 3rd Parties? Well, I'm It"
LP presidential candidate and former two-term New Mexico governor says "great middle of this country is libertarian."
China's Other Cultural Revolution
Black markets, books, music, and sex in Mao's Middle Kingdom
How Muhammad Ali Changed America—And His Role in Malcolm X's Murder
Sportswriter Robert Lipsyte on the Greatest's massive, contradictory legacy in politics and culture.
Libertarian Gary Johnson Clarifies Foreign Policy Stances
Anti-Iran deal but pro-trade, wants to encourage China to curb North Korea, and too experienced with the actual complications of governing to want to rethink World War II on the fly.
Paul Ryan's Donald Trump Endorsement Is a Total Capitulation to Trumpism
The House Speaker will end up supporting Trump's agenda, not the other way around.
Watch Matt Welch on Tonight's Real Time with Bill Maher
Live at 10 p.m. ET on HBO, talking Trump, Hillary, Gary Johnson, and moreÂ
Anti-Trump Protestors Attack Trump Supporters, in Apparent Effort To Help Trump Get Elected
Acting out says a lot about the shallowness of the mainstream left's anti-Trump rhetoric
Nick Gillespie Talking LP, Gov. Gary Johnson, & More on "Conservatarian" Podcast
Ricochet's Jon Gabriel & National Review's Stephen Miller grill me on all things libertarian.
Artificial Robot Brains Take Over the World
A review of The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life When Robots Rule the Earth
